Over a year ago, a Westchester couple, driving home from Manhattan, was shot on Route 100. The wife, teacher's assistant Peggy Perez-Olivo, was fatally shot in the head while her husband, recently disbarred lawyer Carlos Perez-Olivo, was shot in the stomach. Carlos Perez-Olivo claimed another car had run him off and that the driver shot at them. Now investigators have made an arrest, charging Perez-Olivo was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Lawyer Charged With Wife's 2006 Murder
Bill Clinton Comments on Neighbor's Murder
Former president Bill Clinton remarked upon his neighbor Peggy Perez-Olivo's death. Perez-Olivo and her husband Carlos were shot in their car on a Westchester road last weekend. Police are still looking for a gunman, but Carlos Perez-Olivo, a recently disbarred lawyer, has been questioned as well (police have called his account an "unusual sounding" incident).
Husband Questioned in Westchester Murder
Yesterday, police questioned the husband of the woman who was shot in the head after a gunman ambushed them on a Westchester road. Peggy Perez-Olivo died of her injuries on Monday, and police are checking out her husband's story, as well as investigating possible evidence in their Chappaqua home, looking at computers, cellphones and Blackberrys.
Cops Puzzle Over Strange Westchester Shooting
Chappaqua resident and teacher's assistant Peggy Perez-Olivo died from injuries sustained when she was shot in the head Saturday night. Her husband, Carlos Perez-Olivio, a recently disbarred defense lawyer, had told police that a car forced them to pull over on Saw Mill River Road, and a man shot his wife in the head and him in the stomach. Though injured, he was still able to drive to a hospital.
Lawyer and Wife Shot in Westchester
A recently disbarred lawyer and his wife were shot while driving on Route 100 Saturday night. Police say Carlos and Peggy Perez-Olivo's SUV was cut off and forced off the road by another car. Carlos Perez-Olivo tried to fend off a man carrying a gun, but the gunman shot his wife in the head. Perez-Olivo was wounded as well, but was able to drive his wife to the hospital. Police are not sure if the shooting was random or targeted.

